Today we have the new journalism venture in which feature Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Laura Poitras, and Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel, among others.

And what an auspicious launch this is, though the site, https://firstlook.org/theintercept/ now gives an error 503 – likely site overload. However, the staff information on Greenwald so far remains available, Glenn Greenwald

To expect shenanigans should go without saying – the US MSM has been served the Letter of Incompetence, of Dereliction of Duty. The survival of corporate electronic and print media is now at stake – if being imperial stenographer or echo chamber remains their mission. Add to this the existing blogs and new media, and we see a brighter future for journalism.